Julian’s Stand-In Wife

That was Nina’s first kiss.

Vans was way too aggressive.

Her mind had gone numb throughout the entire kiss. When he finally let her go, she was still stunned in her seat, feeling lost. All she could feel was his warmth on her lips.

It was a mark that he left on her, and the scent of her first love.

“Look closely.” Before she could snap back to reality, Vans pulled his phone out and showed Nina the screen in the dark cinema. He scrolled to the names of the women he had been fooling around with.

“I’m deleting them all, and I’ve also just kissed you. Ms. Ashlee, will you be in a relationship with me now?” That was how Nina fell in love with Vans.

But now, they hadn’t even kissed each other for a long time. Even a hug felt like a rare treat.

Bitterness rose in Nina’s chest. She suddenly didn’t know why she was holding onto this relationship.

car drove on as silence fell upon

“My past…isn’t very interesting.” Before she met Vans, she barely had a

and gave her

just wanted to remain in this city. Not for anyone else,

had passed, and she was now successful in her career, achieving her dream

Yet, she didn’t

of the chair, suddenly bereft of motivation. She looked into Marcus’s eyes, and said frankly, “Mr. Hensen, I clearly have everything I ever wanted, but why…do I still feel so unhappy?” Marcus’s hand, which was on

reply to her

the same question himself,

the awards he could, and had earned for himself

that this was

industry for a long time, not to mention

a short while and

the industry. He